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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun In the Bible, the daughter-in-law of Judah. After the death of her first two husbands, who were his sons, she seduced him in disguise when, in spite of the requirements of levirate law, he did not allow her to marry his youngest surviving son.
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- proper noun biblical A daughter-in-law of
Judah ; a daughter ofDavid ; a daughter ofAbsalom . - proper noun A female
given name of biblical origin.
Etymologies
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Examples
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In Genesis 38: 24, … Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.”
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And the second excitement, Jenny, was your news about GoogleBooks, which Tamar is also using for Kitchener Stitch research.
Archive 2009-01-01 Jean 2009
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Tamar is 15 when her grandfather dies, leaving her only a box of mysterious objects.
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The main river he called the Tamar, two other streams the North Esk and the South Esk, a neighbouring mountain, Mount Albany, and the hills to the westward, the Rothesay Hills.
The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant Ida Lee 1904
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Getty Images Tamar Davis Tamar Davis One of many female acts Prince has taken under his wing, this R&B singer is staking her own turf with a new self-released album, "My Name Is Tamar."
Mind Your Mentors 2011
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TAMAR GALATZAN - I had originally labelled Tamar Galatzan one of the "Axis of Evil candidates" for her ties to the politically poisonous Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.
Archive 2009-09-01 2009
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: At a spot in the Mediterranean Sea known as Tamar, about 56 miles west of Haifa, a consortium of Israeli and U.S. companies has identified a deposit they hope may contain as much as 90 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
Housing and Budgets 2008
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Day both baptized Tamar a Catholic and was received into the Church herself.
Woman Making History #19: Dorothy Day (What if No One's Watching?) 2006
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Day both baptized Tamar a Catholic and was received into the Church herself.
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In The Scarlet Citadel, the capital of Aquilonia is called Tamar; it is called Tarantia in the novel.
The Bloody Crown of Conan Howard, Robert E. 2003
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